Social Psych
Kyle asks his mom a high-five. When she gives him a high-five, he follows up with a request for a 5-dollar bill. What is he doing?
Foot-in-the-door Phenomenon
Lobe that controls xecutive functions, thinking, planning, organizing and problem solving, emotions and behavioral control, and personality.
Frontal Lobe
the persistence of learning over timer through the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information
Memory
Atticus suffers from unpredictable, minutes-long episodes in which he feels crippling anxiety, dread, and frequently chest pain.
Panic Disorder
Miles loses most of his money over the course of many pulls on a slot machine. As he nears the end of his savings, he insists that he will win because he thinks that the machine is "due" for a win.
Gambler's Fallacy
Brian believes the earth is flat. When he comes across an article debuking his beliefs, he insists that the article is false and prefers using articles that support his beliefs.
Confirmation Bias
Neural system located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and drives
Limbic System
Timmy can't remember Mrs. Pollak's name because he keeps thinking about his old teacher Ms. Coral.
Proactice Interference
Joe refused to continue on the hike with his friends because they saw a snake, which Joe has an intense fear of. After seeing the snake, Joe felt a rush of anxiety and returned back to where the hike started.
Specific Phobia
Upon learning that her son is scamming people in Roblox, the smart mother took away her son's iPad, demonstrating this principle of operant conditioning.
Negative Punishment
Miles gambles better when he is in the casino with a crowd rather then when he plays online. What phenomenon supports this belief?
Social Facilitation
The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
Corpus Callosum
smallest distinctive sound unit in a language
Phoneme
Rashad displays signs of anxiety when he is in large crowds or open spaces because he feels like he has lost control.
Agoraphobia
John only works at his job for the money. He doesn't care much for the substance of his job. To him, the money is an _____ motivation.
Extrinsic.
Outgroup homogeneity bias.
the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing
Medulla
Jude performs a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test, used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlies a person’s total score. What did he do?
Factor Analysis
Jefe has extreme introversion and has little interest in others. He spends most of his time in his room daydreaming and being completely absorbed in his own thoughts. What personality disorder does Jefe resemble?
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Gambling follows a ___ - ____ schedule. (Ratio/Interval, Fixed/Variable)
Ratio-Variable
Aiden sees a billboard for a new car with his favorite actor on it. He decides to buy the car. What psychological term describes this behavior?
Peripheral Route Persuasion
a molecule that binds to a receptor site and stimulates a response
Agonist
Gaven analyzes a general intelligence factor that underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test. What test is he analyzing?
Spearman's General Intelligence
The ethical principle of ____ defines that psychologists need to strive to benefit the patient and cause no harm
Nonmaleficence
The initial stage when one links the neural stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus so that the neural stimulus starts triggering the conditioned response
Acquisition